Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 9540-160-55, Levi Emery, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Emery Levi
B.L.W. 95-40-160 55
CONTENTS

Civ E. Weston Oct 30/55
61.166
Act March 3/55
April 12/55
Levi Emery min
Capt Downey Col Turner mass mil
Ent - June 1783 dis
War of Revolution
No Papers
Boylston Private Col Turner Mass Troops
No. 160 Oct 30, 55
Dr 30
Rd W.
Ebenezer Weston Skowhegan Piscataquis Co. Maine
Vol. E. 101. 8

Oct. 166
L Enemy

Declaration
State of Maine
forsooth County ss. On this Fourth day of April AD 1855 before me a Justice of the peace in & for said County I state personally appeared Levi Emery aged Ninety two years a resident of the Town of Bloomfield in the State of Maine who being duly sworn according to Law declares that he is the identical Levi Emery who was a soldier in the company commanded by Capt Drury of Natick and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Turner of Scituate in the Revolutionary War & in the Massachusetts Militia. That he was detached at Townsend on or about the month of June AD 1783 for the term of five months & continued in actual service for the full term of five months & was honorably discharged at Rhode Island at the expiration of said term - He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act of Congress approved on the 3 rd of March AD 1855 - He also declares that he has not rec d a warrant for Bounty land under this or any act of Congress nor made any application therefor -
Charles Fowler Attest
Levi his Emery Mark
We Charles Fowler & Sarah J. Cleveland residents of the Town of Bloomfield in the State aforesaid upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged in our presence by the said Levi Emery in our presence & we believe from his appearance & statements that he is the identical person he represents himself to be
Charles Fowler
Sarah J. Cleveland
The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons and that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be and that I am not interested in this claim -
Ebenezer Weston Justice of the peace

State of Illinois Fayette County ss. I George A Hobbs Clerk of the Judicial Courts of said County in said State do certify that Eusebius Weston is a Justice of the Peace in said County duly commissioned & qualified and that his signa- ture before written is genuine —
Given under my hand & seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State on this seventh day of April A D 1855 —
Geo. A. Hobbs, Clerk

No. 61166
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 12 th , 1875.
Leri Emery Piu-
Capt. Army
Mass. Mils.
Rev. War
9540-160-55-
Ebenezer Preston-
Skowhegan
Somerset Co.
Me-

61166
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To the Hon the Commission of Pensions
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. October 19 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Name of Levi Emery appears on the following order, viz. To Thomas Ives Esqr. Treasurer of the Commonwealth
Please to pay Samuel Pettus the whole of my wages That is due me for five months service in the Army at R. Island in the year 1781. in Col. Turner's Regt. and Capt. (Drury's) Company, and his receipt shall discharge you for the same. Townsend April 6. 1784                      Levi Emery.
Hannah Pettus Samuel Pettus Jr.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Chas. Lovell Dep'y. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for a Certificate of Revolutionary services made by the party the party who rendered said service — State of Maine County of Somerset & Town of Bloomfield —
The Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls of his office of the services of Levi Emery in the war of the Revo- lution — He was a native of the Town of Townsend in the County of Middlesex & State aforesaid —
He enlisted from the Town of Townsend in said County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts in the year 1782 as a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Drury of the Town of Natick in the Regiment of Colonel Turner of Sit- uate & served as follows (to wit) Marched about the month of June to the State of Rhode Island & was stationed on what was called Butts' Hill to near the close of said service when the Reg t was moved to Newport from whence he was discharged about the month of November in the same year —
I am now ninety three years of age & my memory does not serve me to state the services more fully than I have done — Witness my hand this twelfth day of October 1855
Signed by said Levi Emery in my presence — Ebenezer Weston Justice of the Peace
Levi Emery

Skowhegan Oct 24 th 1855
To the Hon ble Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I rec d yours informing me that my old venerable Friend Levi Emery was not found on the rolls in the Office of the 3 rd Auditor - and notwithstanding my entire confidence in the head of that department I can't help thinking it is there overlooked - The old man's countenance fell when informed of the report - Having served al most enough to give him a pension he feels that he wants some enduring proof of service - I therefore took a request from him to - form sent to Massachussetts Secretary of State who sends the enclosed - He does not state that the order which he copies was paid but recorded which would not have been done if not paid - so I suppose the case made out - He would not have been paid unless he served & they knew it & this strengthens my belief that he was returned & is now overlooked tho' it seems he was not paid for two years after - The order is very wide made & I think it likely he voted it as he came here to Maine soon after the war closed - If this is not satisfactory I must insist on a further search on the records & I do so with more impudence? for having had such cases before & found at last -
If anything can create propriety in skipping cases the old ones have prior claims as their chance to transfer is precarious & under a rule of Mr. McLellan With much esteem very respectfully Yours as ever Ezra Brins Weston claim is lost if they die